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• • STATE OF iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii 999 COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanmem of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman 51.. Room ? 15 DIVISION O F Denver, CUl UradO x0203 MINERAL S Phone: (3031 8663567 FAX: 1303) d3?8106 & GEOLOGY R E C L A M A T I O N October 23, 2000 MINING•SAFETY Assistant State Supervisor Bill Owens Governor Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Greg E. bvalcher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service EtleCO°ve °1eCOf 764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A mlchael 6. Long Divumn Director Grand Junction, CO 81506-3946 Re: Bowie No. 2 Mine (Permit No. C-1996-083) Permit Revision Application No. 4 (PR-4) Change io Mine Plan -Iron Poiot Tract Federal Coal Lease Dear Sir or Madam: The Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 23, 2000, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Bowie No. 2 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. Approval of this permit revision would revise the curtent mine plan at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. The operator is proposing to incorporate into the mine plan the longwall and room and pillar mining of the D seam, for an area that is within the Uon Point Tract Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 and for a much smaller area on the east side of the present permit boundary. The Iron Point Tract Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 has been studied in the Federal Environmental Impact Statement of February 2000. The proposed mine plan anticipates mining into the first quarter of 2005 at the current rate of 5 million tons per year. This mine plan change does not include the room and pillar mining for the azea within Federal Coal Lease COC-61209 that is under Terror Creek, by which the operator would be able to access the B seam coal at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. That mine plan change is anticipated to be submitted later. This permit revision would incorporate 1751 additional surface acres into the existing permit area, 1632 acres of which are federal and 119 acres of which are private. Federal mineral acreage would increase by 171 I acres while private mineral acreage would increase by 40 acres. Bowie Resources is negotiating for the remaining federal coal and some private coal on the east side of the permit area. There will not be any new surface disturbance associated with this revision. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: Portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, I I, 14, I5, and 16, Township 13 South, Range 91 West of the 6th P.M. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Bowie.